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  STONERS

  March 26, 2008, 9:28 a.m.

  "There are no surviving manuscripts of Shakespeare's plays in his handwriting so the quartos are the closest we can get to what Shakespeare really wanted," said Bodleian spokeswoman Oana Romocea."

  "Some quartos do, however, have his annotations around the printed text."

  "The project is designed to make all of the earliest printed versions of Shakespeare's plays, many of which are only accessible to scholars, available to the wider public."
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  Nowalive

  March 26, 2008, 10:01 a.m.

  This is awesome. I would love to see the variations from printing to printing. Nice find Stoners!
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  ZiegfeldGirl

  March 26, 2008, 10:03 a.m.

  OMG, that is sooo awesome!
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  texangelwings

  March 26, 2008, 10:04 a.m.

  This is good news! Shakespeare's writings should be available to everyone!

  Thanks STONERS!
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  Spadecaller

  March 26, 2008, 10:07 a.m.

  The plays of Shakespeare were written to be performed for everyone. This is a worthwhile undertaking. Thanks for posting the story.
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  dunkirk

  March 26, 2008, 10:24 a.m.

  Good article. This is a good example of what digital technology can do and the use of the internet in spreading that.
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  engineer

  March 26, 2008, 10:34 a.m.

  WOW!! This is great!!
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  ZiegfeldGirl

  March 26, 2008, 12:03 p.m.

  One of my (many) favorite bits of Shakespeare:

  Romeo: If I profane with my unworthiest hand

  This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:

  My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand

  To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

  Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,

  Which mannerly devotion shows in this;

  For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,

  And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.
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  chevydog

  March 26, 2008, 3:37 p.m.

  A little more learning for all of us. Can that be bad?
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  2sidestoeverything

  March 26, 2008, 4:27 p.m.

  Very cool thanks for the heads up stoners!
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  Dicax_Maximus

  March 26, 2008, 5:22 p.m.

  Ace post Stoners, many thanks.
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  Marry522

  March 27, 2008, 3:02 a.m.

  digital technology can do anything, I knew
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  getreal1

  March 27, 2008, 9:10 a.m.

  Shakespeare was hard to study when I was in school. The easiest way to understand it was, when Richard Burton started making the plays, and Romeo and Juliette.
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  hanah20

  April 7, 2008, 12:04 p.m.

  Great news. Thank you for sharing with us.

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